"Lord Wang, eight years ago, you borrowed a thousand taels of gold from the Ministry of Revenue and only repaid two hundred. You remember that, don't you?"
Jiang Yourning winked at Lord Wang and pulled an IOU from inside her robe. She spoke quietly, so those looking their way had no idea what was happening.
Yesterday, the emperor had bestowed IOUs worth ten thousand taels of gold upon the Jiang Family's sixth daughter in front of the court officials. Lord Wang had been there, so naturally, he knew.
But as the saying went, once you had enough debts, one more wouldn't weigh you down. He wasn't the only one who owed money, and even the Minister of Revenue had been unable to do anything about them all these years. He wasn't worried in the slightest.
To prove he was utterly penniless, he had spent years walking to court and back rather than riding in a carriage.
He simply hadn't expected Jiang Huai'an's daughter to be a fool, too, actually sending two children to collect the debt.
Lord Wang took a small piece of silver from his waist, bent down, and kindly placed it in the hand of Little Wukong, who had remained silent beside her.
"Poor children. Look how scrawny you both are. Life must be very hard for you, mustn't it? Take this piece of silver and buy yourselves something tasty."
The surrounding commoners, unaware of what was happening, couldn't help praising Lord Wang's kindness when they saw this.
Lord Wang continued smiling at Jiang Yourning, though a threat crept into his voice.
"Little girl, you've gotten something out of this, so run along. That piece of silver will buy you and your brother several meals. Remember, bite off too much and you won't be able to chew it.